Raegan Swanson (She/Her) Executive Director the Gay Liberation Movement 1969 - 1971

Raegan Swanson (she/her) Executive Director The Gay Liberation Movement 1969 - 1971

1969 - The University of Toronto Homophile Association, Canada’s first University homophile Association

1970 - Glad Day Bookstore Opened by Jearld Moldenhauer, it was Toronto and Canada's first LGBT bookstore.

1971 - Community Homophile Association of Toronto, one of Canada's first organizations for gays and lesbians.

1971 - We Demand! Protest in Ottawa and in BC. First Canadian public gay demonstration

1971 - The Body Politic Magazine, one of Canada’s first significant gay publications. In 1973, The Body Politic collective founded the Canadian Gay Liberation Movement Archives

Today, The ArQuives is the largest independent LGBTQ2+ archives in the world. With a focus on Canadian LGBTQ2+ content, we acquire, preserve, and provide public access to information in any medium. Censorship, obscene material, and protecting collections

Dec 30, 1977 – Police raid The Body Politic offices taking away 12 boxes of material including CGA materials.

On January 5, 1978, three officers of Pink Triangle Press— Hannon, Jackson, and Ken Popert—were charged under sections 159 (using the mail to distribute obscene material) and 164 (possessing obscene material for the purpose of distribution) of the Criminal Code. The ArQuives - history

1979 – Members of the CGA decide to separate from Pink Triangle Press.

1980 – Canadian Gay Archives incorporates.

1981 – After a legal challenge the CGA is granted charitable status. The ArQuives - history

1992 – The Canadian Women’s Movement Archives closed.

1993 – CGA is renamed to Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives.

2019 - CLGA is renamed to The ArQuives Our collection James Fraser Library

22 797 titles

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